Principal Business Partner

Queensland Treasury; Brisbane; Presencial; AUD 140.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Queensland Treasury Corporation invites an experienced employee relations practitioner to join People and Culture as Principal HR Business Partner in Brisbane. You will lead a small team and provide authoritative advice to senior leaders on complex employee relations matters.

You will drive performance and capability, handle disciplinary processes, grievances, and other formal employment matters, and translate legislation into clear, practical guidance.

Formación

• Substantial experience advising on and managing complex employee relations matters.
• Strong knowledge of contemporary employee relations practice and legislative/industrial frameworks.
• Sound judgement in managing sensitive, high‑risk or complex cases.
• Ability to provide clear, practical and defensible advice to senior leaders.
• Strong written skills with experience in briefs, correspondence, and case documentation.
• Ability to establish constructive relationships across a complex organisation.
• Experience leading, coaching or building capability of HR practitioners.
• Knowledge of CaPE reporting requirements (highly regarded).
• Experience in the Queensland public sector or similar regulated environment (well regarded).
• No mandatory qualifications required; relevant qualifications in HR or related discipline highly regarded.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and develop a small team delivering employee relations and workforce advisory services.
• Provide authoritative advice to senior leaders on complex and sensitive workplace matters.
• Oversee employee relations cases from initial assessment through to resolution.
• Advise on performance and capability, discipline, grievances, complaints and other formal processes.
• Interpret and apply legislation, industrial instruments, directives, policies and procedures.
• Support governance, procedural fairness, documentation and risk management.
• Coach HR Business Partners and strengthen the team’s employee relations capability.
• Monitor case trends, emerging risks and reporting requirements (CaPE-related).
• Lead improvements to ER policies, procedures, case-management practices and manager capability.

Descripción del empleo

Join Queensland Treasury as a Principal Business Partner and lead complex employee relations advice, case management and capability building across the department.

TARGETED VACANCY

Government employees only.

Your new opportunity

Queensland Treasury is seeking an experienced employee relations practitioner to join People and Culture as a Principal HR Business Partner.

In this influential role, you will lead a small team of Business Partners and provide authoritative advice to senior leaders on complex and sensitive employee relations matters. Your work will include performance and capability, discipline, workplace grievances, complaints, corrupt conduct matters and other formal employment processes.

You will bring sound judgement, strong case-management discipline and the ability to translate legislative, industrial and policy requirements into clear and practical advice. Just as importantly, you will coach and support the broader HR Business Partnering team, helping to strengthen employee relations capability and improve the consistency and quality of advice provided across Treasury.

This is an opportunity to combine hands‑on employee relations expertise with leadership, organisational influence and continuous improvement.

In this role, you will:

• lead and develop a small team delivering employee relations and workforce advisory services
• provide authoritative advice to senior leaders on complex and sensitive workplace matters
• oversee employee relations cases from initial assessment through to resolution
• advise on performance and capability, discipline, grievances, complaints, corrupt conduct matters and other formal employment processes;
• interpret and apply relevant legislation, industrial instruments, directives, policies and procedures;
• support sound governance, procedural fairness, effective documentation and risk management;
• coach HR Business Partners and strengthen the team's employee relations capability;
• monitor case trends, emerging risks and reporting requirements, including CaPE‑related reporting; and
• lead improvements to ER policies, procedures, case‑management practices and manager capability.

What experience you will bring:

• substantial experience advising on and managing complex employee relations matters
• strong knowledge of contemporary employee relations practice and relevant legislative and industrial frameworks
• demonstrated sound judgement in the management of sensitive, high‑risk or complex cases
• the ability to provide clear, practical and defensible advice to senior leaders;
• strong written skills, including experience preparing briefs, correspondence, case documentation and recommendations
• the ability to establish constructive relationships across a complex organisation
• experience leading, coaching or building the capability of HR practitioners; and
• knowledge of CaPE reporting requirements, which would be highly regarded

Experience in the Queensland public sector, or another complex and highly regulated environment, would be well regarded. Whilst there are no mandatory qualifications for this role, relevant qualifications in human resources, employee relations, industrial relations, employment law or a related discipline would be highly regarded.

Applications to remain current for 12 months